Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report

Follicular mucinosis (FM) is a rare disorder of the skin characterized by follicular degeneration due to the accumulation of mucin within the pilosebaceous unit, with associated inflammatory changes. We report a case of an 11-year-old female with widespread lesions showing distinct clinical and hist...

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Autores principales: Akinsanya, Adeyinka O, Tschen, Jaime A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6663277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363428
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4746
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description Follicular mucinosis (FM) is a rare disorder of the skin characterized by follicular degeneration due to the accumulation of mucin within the pilosebaceous unit, with associated inflammatory changes. We report a case of an 11-year-old female with widespread lesions showing distinct clinical and histological features of FM with a brief review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-66632772019-07-30 Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report Akinsanya, Adeyinka O Tschen, Jaime A Cureus Dermatology Follicular mucinosis (FM) is a rare disorder of the skin characterized by follicular degeneration due to the accumulation of mucin within the pilosebaceous unit, with associated inflammatory changes. We report a case of an 11-year-old female with widespread lesions showing distinct clinical and histological features of FM with a brief review of the literature. Cureus 2019-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6663277/ /pubmed/31363428 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4746 Text en Copyright © 2019, Akinsanya et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report
title_full Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report
title_short Follicular Mucinosis: A Case Report
title_sort follicular mucinosis: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6663277/
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